Patiriella
Encyclopedia
Patiriella, commonly known as carpet sea star is a genus of sea star
s of the family
Asterinidae
. Native to southern Australia
, New Zealand, and southern America (Argentina and Chile), they are most often found in intertidal pools, and can vary greatly in colour between individuals.
Sea star
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea...
s of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asterinidae
Asterinidae
Asterinidae is a large family of sea stars in the order Valvatida. It contains twenty-five genera.-Genera:*Ailsastra O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2005*Allopatiria Verrill, 1913*Anseropoda Nardo, 1834...
. Native to southern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand, and southern America (Argentina and Chile), they are most often found in intertidal pools, and can vary greatly in colour between individuals.
Species
- Patiriella aucklandensis
- Patiriella brevispinaPatiriella brevispinaPatiriella brevispina, also known as purple seastar is an Australian species of sea star. It has six arms and is of purple colour with orange feet.-External links:*http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment.pl?id=78803...
- Patiriella calcarPatiriella calcarPatiriella calcar , commonly known as Carpet Sea Star or Cushion Sea Star or Eight-armed Sea Star, is an Australian species of sea star.-Physical description:...
- Patiriella exigua, now Parvulastra exiguaParvulastra exiguaParvulastra exigua is a species of sea star. It can be found in temperate intertidal marine communities from geographically widespread sites around the southern hemisphere . It has five arms and is of turquoise colour; with an almost pentagonal small body....
- Patiriella gunniiPatiriella gunniiPatiriella gunnii is an Australian species of sea star.It has six arms and can be any colour. Molecular evidence indicated that there were genetically divergent eastern and western forms of what is currently referred to as P. gunnii in southern Australia, and that a taxonomic revision was necessary...
- Patiriella medius
- Patiriella mortenseniPatiriella mortenseniPatiriella mortenseni is a sea star of the family Asterinidae endemic to New Zealand. Discovered as a new species in 2002, it is named after T...
- Patiriella occidens
- Patiriella oriens
- Patiriella parviviparaPatiriella parviviparaPatiriella parvivipara is an Australian species of sea star.It is of very small size and yellow-orange colour. It is self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and incubates its young in the gonads....
- Patiriella pseudoexigua
- Patiriella regularisPatiriella regularisPatiriella regularis, or New Zealand common cushion star, is a sea star of the family Asterinidae, endemic to New Zealand. It has an armspread of up to 60 mm.-Research:...
- Patiriella vivipara
- Patiriella fimbriata